[All] Fw: Fwd: Fw: GREAT NEWS: 3-year setback for Bay du Nord

Thu Jun 1 12:14:58 EDT 2023

Please chime in on the places to Grow Act at the link below. I gave comment on that one already I think.
Lulu 

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On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 8:23 PM, K-W CoC <kw.cofc at gmail.com> wrote:

This is excellent news!  We can make a difference when we collectively push back against draconian policies and practice.  If you have not yet commented on the utter destruction of our farms throughout Ontario through the Province's initiative to compel farmers to sever their land, enabling up to 24 homes on their property.  Doing so would ensure that we would lose all animal agriculture across the province and would have to import all the meat we eat.  We would also lose all but small market garden capacity to raise crops that we will also increasingly rely upon to feed us in the near to medium term future.  If you have not already left a comment indicating your opposition to this truly incredibly stupid initiatives, which has been forcefullyu opposed by all of our farmers and farm organizations, please do so at this link.  We have until 4 August to do so (get it out of the way so you don't forget and send your comment before the end of this week.  Really doesn't take long to say you oppose the farm severence initiative.  Here's the link: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6813

The note below indicates that we are having an impact.  The province added an additional 60 days for comments because of the strong opposition from farmers.  But we need to show that we support our farmers, our source of food locally, by leaving a comment - to ensure the PCs back away from this incredibly destructive potential legislation.  
This weekend's Enough is Enough Expo and Rally organized by our local federation of labour is another great opportunity to come out in person between 10 and 11:30, in front of the Kitchener City Hall, to send a strong message to this provincial government that they are going too far with their strategies to destroy our Commons (healthcare, education, our environment, and basic social programs) to enrich the already wealthy.  
Marilyn
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From: Kae Elgie <kaeelgie at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, May 31, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Subject: Fw: GREAT NEWS: 3-year setback for Bay du Nord

This truly is fantastic news.  It's really encouraging to know protests and pressure can make a difference, and discourage at least one company from proceeding with more fossil fuel production.
Coupled with the Ford government backing away from proclaiming the farm severances, due to the united opposition from almost every farm organization in Ontario, this is a real encouragement to keep on fighting on.
Hope to see you Saturday morning at Kitchener City Hall for the Big Protest!https://ofl.ca/eie-june-3/

Kae Elgie 

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ian Miron, Ecojustice <subscriber at ecojustice.ca>To: "kaeelgie at yahoo.com" <kaeelgie at yahoo.com>Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 05:41:11 p.m. EDTSubject: GREAT NEWS: 3-year setback for Bay du Nord
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Dear Kae,

I’m so pleased to be able to share some great news today:

Equinor is suspending Bay du Nord, the $12-billion oil and gas project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Norwegian energy company cited “challenging market conditions” when it decided to put on hold for three years Canada’s first deep water oil project.

And by “challenging market conditions,” do they mean the phalanx of environmental groups — led by Ecojustice lawyers — who took the federal government to court over its approval of the project?

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But despite this breather, our fight continues. We want nothing less than a proper assessment of Bay du Nord’s potential for harm, and this delay provides the perfect opportunity

Throughout our legal challenge, we’ve maintained three points:

   - That federal approval failed to consider carbon pollution from burning the oil and gas extracted, known as downstream emissions;
   - That Indigenous communities were not adequately consulted;
   - And that risks to marine wildlife — including endangered species — were blatantly ignored.

Bay du Nord is projected to produce between 300 million to one billion barrels of oil over its lifetime. The longer we can hold it off, the more chance we have of our leaders catching up to science and — in the face of ongoing climate catastrophes — cancelling Bay du Nord altogether.

As wildfires continue to devastate communities, we’ll take every environmental win we can get.

With fierce hope,

Ian Miron,
lawyer, Ecojustice

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